I have eagerly visited Nikon Centre at Times Square on 3rd October 2010 on anticipation that I would be able to get a feel and touch of this new star from Nikon. Sadly, Nikon D7000 no where on my sight at the showroom. Quick chat with the staff provide me information that Nikon D7000 probably would able to meet its prospect buyer earliest only on early November 2010 with price around Rm4,000 to RM5,000 same as the price range of D90 on its debut. With the success of D90, arrival of D7000 Malaysia which should be D90 replacement model meet with high expectation from enthusiast, even with a little shock as instead of being direct successor to D90, the D7000 push itself a little above D90 in product line. I have 100% in love with Nikon D90 still image quality. Based on review from professional photographer, magazine, and internet website, D90 beat its near rival from competing brand all out but one only thing that make me still hesitating to swipe my credit card on this one is its video quality. As hobbyist photographer as what I think the proper term would be :) , video aspect would be very important to me... who want to bring along both camera and video camcorder on a mountain? i'm not an idiot to carry an extra kg while a single thing could do both job perfectly.. am I right? With qualities like new processor EXPEED2, new 16.2 megapixel CMOS image sensor, a lot more 39 point auto focus system than D90, a new 2016 pixel RGB metering sensor, live view, 6 frame per second burst shooting, full time auto focus video shooting compare to have to do it manually on D90, shoot video with full HD 1080p, magnesium alloy frame body compare with polycarbonate body of D90 with better weather sealing, upgraded to a full glass pentaprism from D90 pentamirror which produce a better viewfinder image, Nikon D7000 would qualify as semi professional camera better than D90 and even better than D300s in certain aspect.. that would be my DSLR of choice.
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